CREATE DATABASE test_jfg; CREATE DATABASE test_jfg2; CREATE TABLE test_jfg.test (a int unsigned PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB; RENAME TABLE test_jfg.test TO test_jfg2.test; SELECT REPLACE(path,'\\','/') path FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_DATAFILES WHERE PATH LIKE '%test%'; path ./test_jfg2/test.ibd DROP DATABASE test_jfg; # restart DROP DATABASE test_jfg2; CREATE DATABASE abc_def; CREATE DATABASE abc_def2; CREATE TABLE abc_def.test (a int unsigned PRIMARY KEY) ENGINE=InnoDB; RENAME TABLE abc_def.test TO abc_def2.test1; SELECT REPLACE(path,'\\','/') path FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_DATAFILES WHERE PATH LIKE '%test%'; path ./abc_def2/test1.ibd DROP DATABASE abc_def; # restart DROP DATABASE abc_def2; call mtr.add_suppression("InnoDB: (Operating system error|The error means|Cannot rename file)"); CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT) ENGINE=InnoDB; RENAME TABLE t1 TO non_existing_db.t1; ERROR HY000: Error on rename of './test/t1' to './non_existing_db/t1' (errno: 168 "Unknown (generic) error from engine") FOUND 1 /\[ERROR\] InnoDB: Cannot rename file '.*t1\.ibd' to '.*non_existing_db/ in mysqld.1.err DROP TABLE t1;